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Open Source and Free Software

Phillip McCleod

(1,837 posts) Fri Feb 22, 2013, 06:35 PM Feb 2013

tar (xkcd)

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just too too true. finally after years i could probably do it.. only for tar.gz and only because of archlinux pkgbuild

$ tar xfvz <filename.tar.gz>

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tar (xkcd) (Original Post) Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 OP

Why add the compression switches? Recursion Feb 2013 #1

i did not know that Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #2

tar -tvf tarballname hootinholler Feb 2013 #3

thank tux for you! Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #4

I'm with you.. xzvf is my 'go to' set of switches. n/t X_Digger Feb 2013 #5

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

1. Why add the compression switches?

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 06:48 PM

Feb 2013

tar is smart enough to do that itself.

tar cf something.tar /some/path

Or

tar xf something.tar -C /some/path

Phillip McCleod

(1,837 posts)

2. i did not know that

Reply to Recursion (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 06:52 PM

Feb 2013

just tried it and it worked as advertised.

thanks! added up just imagine how many keystrokes ditching the compression switches will save me over the rest of my life! you'd've saved the day for sure.